Postmarked Never

 

 

            All this shit to be proud of

            A book deal

            Some hotshot’s new assistant

            My house is almost done

            And the fuckedest thing of fuckedest thing

            Is the capper

            That the girl called

            And wants to say hello

 

            And granted verily

            Thar be a chance

            She will not show

            But that doesn’t make me

            Not like her

            That just means

            She’s like most other women

 

            But when she’s here

            It’s easy to believe in myself

            I guess

            As scatalogically 80s as that bullshit sounds

 

            All past history and irrelevance aside

 

            So I’ll put on deodorant

            I’ll wear my best shirt

            I will slip out of work clothes

            Into jeans with only a few stains

            And ready my hand

            As she walks up the path

            For a handshake or an ass crack

            But regardless

            She’s not like most other women

 

            And though I am probably seeming

            Like some kind of stalker right now

            Fuck you

            Stalkers intend harm

            And fuck you

            I’m the one being stalked here

            You just can’t see the damned demon

            And I don’t want to fuck her clothes

            I just want to see her

 

            And anyway

            The last stanza just sounds like

            I’m disproving my own assertion

 

            And anyway

            No one’s going to see this

            So why am I still writing?

            So I can have 1800 in a bag?

 

            No. It’s because

            Though I may not be hers

            She’s my woman

            Fuck you.